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Erza Scarlet – Fairy Tail1393

The worldwide ranking generated by 59.5k votes

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Erza Scarlet – Fairy Tail1393

Android 18 – Dragon Ball1349

Annie Leonhart – Attack on Titan1337

Mikasa – Attack on Titan1325

Maki – Jujutsu Kaisen1303

Revy – Black Lagoon1290

Tsunade – Naruto1266

Mereoleona Vermillion – Black Clover1266

Morgiana – Magi1255

#10

Yoruichi Shihōin – Bleach1248

#11

Esdeath – Akame ga Kill!1233

#12

Faye Valentine – Cowboy Bebop1226

#13

Ryuko Matoi – Kill la Kill1211

#14

Akame – Akame ga Kill!1207

#15

Saber – Fate/Stay Night1203

#16

Jolyne Cujoh – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure1201

#17

Merlin – Seven Deadly Sins1197

#18

Tatsumaki – One Punch Man1192

#19

Nezuko – Demon Slayer1159

#20

Kagura – Gintama1119

#21

Claire – Claymore1098

#22

Nana Shimura – My Hero Academia1096

#23

Yumeko Jabami – Kakegurui1092

#24

Izumi Curtis – Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood1075

#25

Mavis – Fairy Tail1041

#26

Charlotte Linlin – One Piece1015

#27

Yuno Gasai – Future Diary1007

What the community says

Erza Scarlet – Fairy Tail leads with an ELO of 1,393, ahead of Android 18 – Dragon Ball (1,349) and Annie Leonhart – Attack on Titan (1,337). Ranked over 59,541 duels between 27 contenders, last updated August 25, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.